Someone who is diligent works hard and carefully. If you want to write the epic history of your family, you'll have to be very diligent in tracking down and interviewing all of your relatives.
Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful; painstaking; not careless or negligent.
Adjective
characterized by care and perseverence in carrying out tasks; "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files"
Adjective S.
quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness; "a diligent (or patient) worker"; "with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business"
a.
Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful;
painstaking; not careless or negligent.
a.
Interestedly and perseveringly attentive; steady and
earnest in application to a subject or pursuit; assiduous; industrious.
Diligent
The judges shall make diligent inquisition.2.
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings.
Diligent cultivation of elegant literature.
Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful; painstaking; not careless or negligent.
Usage Examples
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
For us, holding on to religious rules, and following them, and refraining from what's forbidden, and being diligent with our duties, what do we call that? That's what we call freedom.
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Other Usage ExamplesDiligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture.
Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.